Updated March 22 at 1:30 pm: It takes a Treasury secretary to turn a good investment. Former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is looking for a modest return on his Bethesda, Maryland, home. Geithner and his wife Carole bought the 2,537...
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Timothy Geithner and his wife Carole Sonnenfeld Geithner, attend the U.S. presidential inauguration in Washington on Jan. 21, 2013.
Geithner’s Profit: Asking for $45,000 — Update: Contract
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Boxes of rosaries with a picture of Pope Francis in a gift shop at St Peter's square on March 14, 2013 at the Vatican, a day after his election.
Boehner Passes on Rome with Biden, Hosting Irish PM for Paddy’s Lunch
President Barack Obama has offered House Speaker John Boehner, a Catholic, a trip to the Vatican. The speaker, immersed in budget talks, has declined. Plus, the prime minister of Ireland is coming to Washington for St. Patrick’s Day-centered festivities. Pope...
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The new website of Hillary Clinton in Washington.
Gridiron’s ‘Hillary’: ‘Will You Select Me, Will You Elect Me, When I’m 69?’
The president tends to hog the headlines when he shows up at the Gridiron Club’s spring dinner — as President Barack Obama has done only twice since moving to the White House. This year, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal managed to...
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The Jefferson Hotel in Washington.
Obama’s Republican Dinner Off-Campus — Weather Permitting
President Barack Obama has invited Republican senators to dinner tonight. Yet this is no White House dinner. It’s an off-campus soiree, at the Jefferson Hotel. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, Obama’s opponent in the 2008 election, is among the several...
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Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the National Governors Association in the State Dining room of the White House on Feb. 25, 2013 in Washington.
Biden’s Silver Sequestration Lining
Leave it to Vice President Joe Biden to prove that every sequestration has a silver lining. Due to the across-the-board federal spending cuts set to begin tomorrow, Biden is ditching his usual military plane and returning to his preferred mode of transportation: the...
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Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton during the news conference in this file photo.
Norton to Army: Move Family From Dump
A family that wants to leave the tony Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Spring Valley because of concerns over the area being a former dumping ground for military munitions is getting some help from Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. The District of...
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Gavin Newsom, lieutenant governor of California, is pitching a new book.
@GavinNewsom: Jerry Brown Watch
“Government should be as smart as Google,” Gavin Newsom said Friday at a party to celebrate the release of his book “Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government.” The fete brought the Democratic lieutenant governor of...
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President Barack Obama on the golf course in Palm City, Florida.
Obama’s Florida Golf Weekend — Limbaugh’s Sweater Weather
More fun facts on the Floridian in Palm City, Florida, where President Barack Obama is having his guys’ golf getaway this President’s Day weekend. Jim Crane, the avid golfer who owns the club and also the Houston Astros baseball team,...
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The rear exterior and pool of the newly constructed mansion in New Jersey.
Top-10 Congressional Districts: Household Income
The Census Bureau has begun to release demographic and economic data for redrawn congressional districts that became effective this year, yielding valuable insight about the constituencies of the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Following are the 10...
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The Washington monument stands as pedestrians walk ahead of the presidential inauguration in Washington, DC.
Washington’s Economic Confidence No. 1
Who says Washington is dysfunctional? Washington is downright happy with the way things are going. Of all the places where the Gallup organization has polled people about their confidence in the economy, Washington, D.C., stands out as most confident. The...
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